The Blue Devils concluded the season 29-9 and ranked 15th by the Associated Press.

Hurley, a freshman guard who mirrored Eddie Munster donning nut-huggers in the Blue Devils’ shorts, suffered ongoing nightmares of sharks encircling him in a pool of water following the loss.

Although Hurley and Duke would get revenge the next spring, the UNLV Runnin’ Rebels cemented their place as one of the greatest college basketball squads ever assembled nearly a quarter-century past this week.